Fouad Ajami analyses the struggle for influence along the Fertile Crescent-the stretch of land that runs from Iran's border with Iraq to the Mediterranean-among three of the regional powers that have stepped into the vacuum left by the West: Iran, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia.
He explains that, of the three powers competing for influence, Saudi Arabia and Iran are in it for the long haul. Each of those powers has a sense of mission and constituencies that enable it to stick it out and pay the price for a sphere of influence. Ajami details each country's prospects for supremacy and asserts that Iran must ultimately be reckoned to be the strongest.
| ISBN: | 9780817917555 |
| Publication date: | 30th July 2014 |
| Author: | Fouad Ajami, Herbert and Jane Dwight Working Group on Islamism and the International Order |
| Publisher: | Hoover Institution Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 75 pages |
| Series: | Hoover Institution Press Publication |
| Genres: |
International relations |